[PD] xp review

That feels like many emails rolled into one! :)
Definitely sounds like an interesting idea, but I don't quite follow
it all, perhaps you can make a sketch of how it would work.
.hc
On Dec 20, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Ed Kelly wrote:
> Hey Hans,
>> I hope you got your bike built in California :)
>> Laura reckoned my album was commercial. She's right, and I'd like
> to do more arty projects as well as my Kraftwerk-loving techno-
> life :-D www.pyramidtransmissions.com (lone shark)
>> But I have other plans afoot, namely synthcore~. It would be really
> great if we could organize an API for pd instruments, kind of like
> the VST api in terms of input-output topology but made of patches
> in PD. I'd love to know your thoughts on the issue since I intend
> to code it. It needs to be flexible enough to contain a variety of
> different parameter lists and modes, but also conform to a
> specified system so that polyphony and multichannel output can be
> handled by an external object (such as nqpoly4, but I think we
> should write our own object for this one) ;-)
> I think a [message value isitcontinuous( model is good, and a
> [event $1( message could be a note, or a continuous controller
> change. Mapping the parameters could be organized so that there is
> a set parameter list (e.g. amplitude envelope) and then a synth-
> definable list (e.g. osc modulation of the filter - in cents).
> also, an external patching system using an SQL database (mogo - I
> want your sqlite object for linux) based around the metastudio
> patching system, but a bit more standardised - i.e. you can load
> patches for one synth, and any parameter lists that match with the
> present synth's parameter list should be implemented (e.g. filter
> envelope and paramters, amplitude envelope, global modulation index
> etc.)
>> Anyone want to work with me on this? It needs to be done!
>> Ed
>> Lone Shark "Aviation" out now on http://www.pyramidtransmissions.com>http://www.myspace.com/sharktracks>>> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> To: Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, 17 December, 2007 11:49:35 PM
> Subject: xp review
>>>http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/12/14/review-windows-> xp.aspx
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